Thursday 19
Aug. 19th, 2010 11:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
madgravityThursday 19- I did my stretches.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 86 to 105 degrees, Winds SW at 6 to 13 MPH, humidity around 42 percent, mostly clear skies.
According to the National Weather Service: “Friday: Sunny, with a high near 102. West northwest wind at 10 mph becoming southeast. Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 74. West southwest wind between 7 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.”
I went over to Stoney’s to pick up his truck and head down to town. I first stopped off to get gas and then got my package at the post office in Joshua Tree. I Went to WalMart and Stater Bros to get some supplies. I am really starting to get upset at Staters because every time I go into the store they change things around. I wrote about this before but it’s getting worse; even the folks that work there don’t know where some stuff is. I asked where the pancake mix was and I was sent to the aisle where there was flower. Raisins are under the bananas, refried beans are not with the Mexican foods, and on and on. They even moved the beverages to the opposite side of the store. I saw this little old lady who just sat there in her electric cart confused not knowing where to go. Me, I like to get in there, get my stuff and get out of there as fast as I can; I used to be able to do this. Not anymore! I have to hunt for what I want and I don’t like that.
I got home and put everything away and then I opened my package. It was an old Apple Newton 120 I got on eBay for around $70. I put the batteries in, fired it up, and found that all the data from the previous owner was still on the system; even his social security number, yikes! Of course I’ll erase it all once I find out how; there were no instructions included. I’ll go online tonight and download the manual. Otherwise it runs okay so far. I just love messing with the old stuff that I couldn’t afford when they first came out.
I watered the plants and went for an evening walk listening to Astronomy Cast Ep. 187: History of Astronomy, Part 5: The 20th Century.
I read a chapter in “Lightpaths” by Howard Hendrix; still waiting!
I went outside again to cool off, look at the night sky, and jawed with my friend Mike Long from Hermosa Beach. The Moon is a little past first quarter and washing out the stars, so the seeing isn’t all that good. I’ve been keeping an eye on this variable star for a few weeks now and I wasn’t sure which one it was out of the three surrounding stars, until tonight.
I did my stretches, practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 86 to 105 degrees, Winds SW at 6 to 13 MPH, humidity around 42 percent, mostly clear skies.
According to the National Weather Service: “Friday: Sunny, with a high near 102. West northwest wind at 10 mph becoming southeast. Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 74. West southwest wind between 7 and 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.”
I went over to Stoney’s to pick up his truck and head down to town. I first stopped off to get gas and then got my package at the post office in Joshua Tree. I Went to WalMart and Stater Bros to get some supplies. I am really starting to get upset at Staters because every time I go into the store they change things around. I wrote about this before but it’s getting worse; even the folks that work there don’t know where some stuff is. I asked where the pancake mix was and I was sent to the aisle where there was flower. Raisins are under the bananas, refried beans are not with the Mexican foods, and on and on. They even moved the beverages to the opposite side of the store. I saw this little old lady who just sat there in her electric cart confused not knowing where to go. Me, I like to get in there, get my stuff and get out of there as fast as I can; I used to be able to do this. Not anymore! I have to hunt for what I want and I don’t like that.
I got home and put everything away and then I opened my package. It was an old Apple Newton 120 I got on eBay for around $70. I put the batteries in, fired it up, and found that all the data from the previous owner was still on the system; even his social security number, yikes! Of course I’ll erase it all once I find out how; there were no instructions included. I’ll go online tonight and download the manual. Otherwise it runs okay so far. I just love messing with the old stuff that I couldn’t afford when they first came out.
I watered the plants and went for an evening walk listening to Astronomy Cast Ep. 187: History of Astronomy, Part 5: The 20th Century.
I read a chapter in “Lightpaths” by Howard Hendrix; still waiting!
I went outside again to cool off, look at the night sky, and jawed with my friend Mike Long from Hermosa Beach. The Moon is a little past first quarter and washing out the stars, so the seeing isn’t all that good. I’ve been keeping an eye on this variable star for a few weeks now and I wasn’t sure which one it was out of the three surrounding stars, until tonight.
I did my stretches, practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.
